Editing Alan Ruck

{{short description|American actor (born 1956)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Alan Ruck
| image              = Alan Ruck Photo Op GalaxyCon Richmond 2025 (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Ruck at [[GalaxyCon]] Richmond in 2025
| birth_name         = Alan Douglas Ruck
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1956|7|01}}
| birth_place        = [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], U.S.
| occupation         = Actor
| alma_mater         = [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
| years_active       = 1983–present
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|Claudia Stefany|1984|2005|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Mireille Enos]]<br>|2008}}}}
| children           = 4
}}

'''Alan Douglas Ruck''' (born July 1, 1956) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Cameron Frye in [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes']] film ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]'' (1986), as well as television roles as Stuart Bondek on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[Spin City]]'' (1996–2002) and Connor Roy on the [[HBO]] series ''[[Succession (TV series)|Succession]]'' (2018–2023), the latter earning him [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy]] and [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]] nominations. His other film credits include ''[[Bad Boys (1983 film)|Bad Boys]]'' (1983), ''[[Three Fugitives]]'' (1989), ''[[Young Guns II]]'' (1990), ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]'' (1994), ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'' (1994), and ''[[Twister (1996 film)|Twister]]'' (1996).

==Early life==
Ruck was born in [[Cleveland]], Ohio, to a schoolteacher mother and a father who worked for a pharmaceutical company.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Toosi |first1=Nahal |title=Alan Ruck's day off |url=https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/nov/05/alan_rucks_day/ |website=Lawrence Journal-World |access-date=12 July 2023 |date=5 November 2005}}</ref> He attended [[Parma Senior High School]] in [[Parma, Ohio]], and graduated from the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]] with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts|B.F.A.]] in drama in 1979.<ref name='Ruck-Casting'>{{cite news |first=Diane |last=Haithman |title=Ruck Just Put Himself Into His 'Day Off' Role |date=3 July 1986 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/07/03/ruck-just-put-himself-into-his-day-off-role/ |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref> He recalled:

{{bquote|After school, I went up to Chicago, because I didn't really know anybody in New York or Los Angeles, and I knew people who were doing plays in Chicago. So I went up there, and I knocked around a little bit. And I guess about a year after I was out of school, I got my first job.}}

==Career==
Ruck's first film role was in the 1983 drama film ''[[Bad Boys (1983 film)|Bad Boys]]'', in which he played Carl Brennan, [[Sean Penn]]'s friend in the film. The same year, he played Roger Jackson in ''[[Class (film)|Class]]''. 

Ruck made his Broadway debut in 1985 in [[Neil Simon]]'s ''[[Biloxi Blues]]'' with [[Matthew Broderick]]. He was soon a stage actor at theaters around the U.S., including the Wisdom Bridge Theatre in Chicago. 

Ruck played Cameron Frye in [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]]' 1986 comedy ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]'', as the title character's [[Hypochondriasis|hypochondriac]] best friend, after Broderick encouraged him to audition for the role; their real-life friendship was reportedly a factor in Ruck being cast.<ref name="Freeman, Guardian 2021">{{cite web |last1=Freeman |first1=Hadley |title='There was always an excuse to take a drink': Succession's Alan Ruck on Ferris Bueller, booze and bouncing back |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/11/there-was-always-an-excuse-to-take-a-drink-successions-alan-ruck-on-ferris-bueller-booze-and-bouncing-back |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 December 2021 |date=11 October 2021}}</ref><ref name="Ruck-Casting" /> One of his other film roles was in the 1987 film ''[[Three for the Road (1987 film)|Three for the Road]]''.

Ruck later appeared in the 1989 comedy film ''[[Three Fugitives]]''. Following that, he played  Hendry William French in ''[[Young Guns II]]'', the 1990 sequel to ''[[Young Guns (film)|Young Guns]]''. He played Captain [[John Harriman (Star Trek)|Jonathan Harriman]] of the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)|USS ''Enterprise''-B]] in the 1994 film ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'', a role that he reprised, along with ''Generations'' co-star [[Walter Koenig]] and other ''Trek'' alumni, in the fan film ''[[Star Trek: Of Gods and Men|Of Gods and Men]]''.<ref>[http://startrekofgodsandmen.com/forum/index.php?showforum=12 Cast list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927015801/http://startrekofgodsandmen.com/forum/index.php?showforum=12 |date=2007-09-27 }} at official forum for ''[[Star Trek: Of Gods and Men]].''</ref> Alan played an annoying tourist named Doug Stephens on an ill-fated bus in the 1994 [[Blockbuster (entertainment)|blockbuster]] ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]''. Another supporting role was of the eccentric storm chaser Robert 'Rabbit' Nurick in the 1996 disaster film ''[[Twister (1996 film)|Twister]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/alan-ruck-20686835#early-big-screen-success |title=Alan Ruck Bio |website=[[Biography.com]] |access-date=July 25, 2016}}</ref>

From 1990 to 1991, Ruck starred as Chicago ad man Charlie Davis, in the ABC series ''[[Going Places (American TV series)|Going Places]]''. ABC canceled the series after one season. He appeared in the series ''[[Daddy's Girls (1994 TV series)|Daddy's Girls]]'' in 1994, which was canceled after three episodes. From 1996 to 2002, Alan played Stuart Bondek in the sitcom ''[[Spin City]]'' alongside [[Michael J. Fox]] and later, [[Charlie Sheen]]. In 2005, he played Leo Bloom in the Broadway version of [[Mel Brooks]]' ''[[The Producers (musical)|The Producers]]'', a role also played by Broderick, his ''Ferris Bueller'' co-star.

Ruck was then cast in the pilot of the [[Tim Minear]]-created [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Network]] series ''[[Drive (2007 TV series)|Drive]]'', but did not appear in the series. He also starred in one episode of the [[Comedy Central]] sitcom ''[[Stella (U.S. TV series)|Stella]]'' as Richard, a man looking for work. He later starred in the season two ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'' episode "My Lucky Day" as a patient, and played reporter Steve Jacobson on the [[ESPN]] miniseries ''[[The Bronx Is Burning]]''.

In 1998, Ruck guest-starred in the fifth episode of the HBO miniseries ''[[From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)|From the Earth to the Moon]]'' as the [[NASA]] engineer [[Tom Dolan (engineer)|Tom Dolan]].

[[File:Alan Ruck.JPG|thumb|right|Ruck in 2006]]
In 2006, Ruck guest-starred in a single episode of ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' called "The Real World" and, in 2007, as unscrupulous property developer Albert Bunford in an episode of ''[[Medium (TV Series)|Medium]]''.

In the 2007 comedy ''[[Kickin' It Old Skool]]'', he appears as Dr. Frye, a possible connection to Cameron Frye; he even mentions still trying to pay off an old [[Ferrari 250#250 GT Spider California SWB|Ferrari]], a reference to Cameron totaling his dad's Ferrari in ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off''.

Ruck played the part of a ghost of a family man in the 2008 film ''[[Ghost Town (2008 film)|Ghost Town]],'' which starred [[Ricky Gervais]]. Ruck also had a small role in the 2008 [[M. Night Shyamalan]] film ''[[The Happening (2008 film)|The Happening]]''. 

In 2009, he had a minor role as Frank in an episode of ''[[Cougar Town]]'', who has problems with his marriage due to a crush he had long ago on Jules, played by [[Courteney Cox]]. He played the role of Dean Bowman in the college fraternity drama ''[[Greek (TV series)|Greek]]''. He appeared in a guest role as a manic geologist in an episode of ''[[Eureka (2006 TV series)|Eureka]]''. He played Mr. Cooverman in the film ''[[I Love You, Beth Cooper (film)|I Love You, Beth Cooper]]''. In 2009, Ruck filmed the medical drama ''[[Extraordinary Measures (film)|Extraordinary Measures]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://us.imdb.com/title/tt1244659/|title=Extraordinary Measures|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|access-date=2009-09-29|archive-date=January 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127033019/http://us.imdb.com/title/tt1244659/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.wweek.com/news/author/amesh/ |title=News and Culture: Brenden Fraser's Untitled Crowley Project Now Has (Another) Terrible Title |date=September 24, 2009 |work=[[Willamette Week]] |access-date=2009-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091023223408/http://blogs.wweek.com/news/author/amesh/ |archive-date=23 October 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> in Portland, Oregon, with star [[Harrison Ford]].

Ruck appeared as a bank robber in a season three episode of the [[USA Network]] series ''[[Psych]]'', and as a lawyer in season five of the ABC series ''[[Boston Legal]]''. He guest-starred as Martin, a magazine reporter, on an episode of ''[[Ruby & the Rockits]]'' entitled "We Are Family?"

In 2010, Ruck was cast as a lead character in the [[NBC]] mystery-drama, ''[[Persons Unknown (TV series)|Persons Unknown]]''. He guest-starred on the television show ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'' as a scientist turned criminal, in the ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'' season two episode "Borderline", and guest-starred as ex-money laundering accountant turned dentist on an episode of ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'' entitled "Long in the Tooth". He appeared in the ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' season five episode "In The Midnight Hour".

In 2012, Ruck was cast in the ABC Family series ''[[Bunheads]]'' as the husband to [[Sutton Foster]]'s character, Michelle. In 2013, he appeared in [[NCIS (TV series)|''NCIS'']], guest-starring in the season 11 episode, "Gut Check".

In autumn 2016, Ruck began a 10-episode run on ''[[The Exorcist (TV series)|The Exorcist]]'' as Henry Rance, the husband (who has suffered mild brain damage in a vaguely explained accident) of Angela Rance ([[Geena Davis]]), better known as the adult [[Regan MacNeil]], the tortured girl (played by [[Linda Blair]]) who is possessed by a demon in the 1973 hit film ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]''. 

From 2018 to 2023, Ruck played the role of Connor Roy, the eldest son of a media magnate, in the HBO series ''[[Succession (TV series)|Succession]]''. He was part of the cast's win for the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]] in 2022 and 2024. In 2023, he received [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Golden Globe]] and [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Emmy]] nominations for his performance.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Campione |first=Katie |date=July 12, 2023 |title=Alan Ruck Talks First Emmy Nomination & Support For Actors Strike |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |url=https://deadline.com/2023/07/alan-ruck-first-emmy-nomination-succession-final-season-actors-strike-1235435757/ }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Ruck was married to actress Claudia Stefany from 1984 to 2005, with whom he has two children.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haithman |first=Diane |date=July 3, 1986 |title=Ruck Just Put Himself Into His 'Day Off' Role |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-07-03-8602170641-story.html }}</ref><ref name="theringer">{{Cite news |last=Baker |first=Katie |date=October 2, 2019 |title=A Day Off With Alan Ruck of 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' and 'Succession' |work=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]] |url=https://www.theringer.com/tv/2019/10/2/20891309/alan-ruck-succession-connor-roy }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Freeman |first=Hadley |date=October 11, 2021 |title='There was always an excuse to take a drink': Succession's Alan Ruck on Ferris Bueller, booze and bouncing back |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/11/there-was-always-an-excuse-to-take-a-drink-successions-alan-ruck-on-ferris-bueller-booze-and-bouncing-back }}</ref> Since 2008, he has been married to actress [[Mireille Enos]], whom he met in 2005 while co-starring in the Broadway revival of ''[[Absurd Person Singular]]''.<ref name="theringer" /> They have two children.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 23, 2014 |title=Alan Ruck and Mireille Enos Welcome Son Larkin Zouey |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |url=https://people.com/parents/alan-ruck-mireille-enos-welcome-son-larkin-zouey/ }}</ref> 

On October 31, 2023, Ruck was involved in a car crash in Los Angeles. For unknown reasons, he lost control of his [[Rivian R1T]], hit several vehicles, and crashed into the side of a pizza restaurant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alan Ruck crashes truck into Los Angeles pizza restaurant: Report |url=https://ew.com/celebrity/alan-ruck-crashes-truck-into-los-angeles-pizza-restaurant-report/ |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{Pending films key}}
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
!class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
|1983
|''[[Doctor Detroit]]''
|Student
|Uncredited
|-
|1983
|''[[Bad Boys (1983 film)|Bad Boys]]''
|Carl Brennan
|
|-
|1983
|''[[Class (film)|Class]]''
|Roger Jackson
|
|-
|1986
|''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]''
|Cameron Frye
|
|-
|1987
|''[[Three for the Road (1987 film)|Three for the Road]]''
|T.S.
|
|-
|1989
|''[[Three Fugitives]]''
|Inspector Tener
|
|-
|1989
|''[[Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989 film)|Bloodhounds of Broadway]]''
|John Wangle
|
|-
|1990
|''[[Young Guns II]]''
|Hendry William French
|
|-
|1994
|''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]''
|Doug Stephens
|
|-
|1994
|''[[Star Trek Generations]]''
|Capt. Jonathan Harriman 
|
|-
|1995
|''[[Born to Be Wild (1995 film)|Born to Be Wild]]''
|Dan Woodley
|
|-
|1996
|''[[Twister (1996 film)|Twister]]''
|Robert "Rabbit" Nurick
|
|-
|1998
|''[[Walking to the Waterline]]''
|Duane Hopwood
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Everything Put Together]]''
|Kessel
|
|-
|2003
|''[[Cheaper by the Dozen (2003 film)|Cheaper by the Dozen]]''
|Bill Shenk
|
|-
|2007
|''[[Kickin' It Old Skool]]''
|Dr. Cameron Frye
|
|-
|2007
|''[[InAlienable]]''
|Dr. Proway
|
|-
|2008
|''[[The Happening (2008 film)|The Happening]]''
|School Principal
| 
|-
|2008
|''[[Ghost Town (2008 film)|Ghost Town]]''
|Ghost Dad
|
|-
|2008
|''Eavesdrop''
|Casper
|
|-
|2008
|''[[Star Trek: Of Gods and Men]]''
|John Harriman
|
|-
|2009
|''[[I Love You, Beth Cooper (film)|I Love You, Beth Cooper]]''
|Mr. Cooverman
|
|-
|2009
|''[[Don't You Forget About Me (film)|Don't You Forget About Me]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|2010
|''[[Extraordinary Measures (film)|Extraordinary Measures]]''
|Pete Sutphen
|
|-
|2012
|''[[Goats (film)|Goats]]''
|Dr. Eldridge
|
|-
|2012
|''[[Shanghai Calling]]''
|Marcus Groff 
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Zombie Night (2013 film)|Zombie Night]]''
|Joseph
|
|-
|2015
|''Deathly''
|Richard 
|Short
|-
|2016
|''[[Carnage Park]]'' 
|Sheriff Wyatt Moss
|  
|-
|2016
|''[[Dreamland (2016 film)|Dreamland]]''
|Walter
|
|-
|2017
|''[[War Machine (2017 film)|War Machine]]''
|[[Karl Eikenberry|Lt. Gen. Pat McKinnon]] 
|
|-
|2018
|''[[Gringo (2018 film)|Gringo]]''
|Jerry
|
|-
|2018
|''[[Sierra Burgess Is a Loser]]''
|Stephen Burgess
|
|-
|2019
|''[[Captive State]]''
|Charles Rittenhouse
|
|-
|2020
|''[[Freaky (film)|Freaky]]''
|Mr. Bernardi
|
|-
|2023
|''[[The Burial (film)|The Burial]]''
|Mike Allred
|
|-
| rowspan="4" {{TBA}}
|{{pending film|[[Wind River: The Next Chapter]]}}
| rowspan="3" {{TBA}}
| rowspan="3" |Post-production
|-
|{{pending film|[[In Memoriam (upcoming film)|In Memoriam]]}}
|-
|{{pending film|[[People We Meet on Vacation (film)|People We Meet on Vacation]]}}
|-
|{{pending film|[[Hershey (film)|Hershey]]}}
| Henry Hershey
| Filming
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
!class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
|1984
|''Hard Knox''
|Frankie Tyrone
|Television film
|-
|1985
|''[[First Steps (1985 film)|First Steps]]''
|Dave
|Television film
|-
|1988
|''[[Shooter (1988 film)|Shooter]]''
|Stork O'Connor
|Television film
|-
|1989
|''[[The Famous Teddy Z]]''
|Sheldon Samms
|Episode: "Teddy Sells the House"
|-
|1990–1991
|''[[Going Places (American TV series)|Going Places]]''
|Charlie Davis
|19 episodes
|-
|1992–1993
|''[[The Edge (TV series)|The Edge]]''
|Various
|13 episodes
|-
|1993
|''[[Picket Fences]]''
|Patrick Gatwood
|Episode: "Unlawful Entries"
|-
|1993
|''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]''
|Carty
|Episode: "Oil's Well That Ends Well"
|-
|1994
|''[[Daddy's Girls (1994 TV series)|Daddy's Girls]]''
|Lenny
|3 episodes
|-
|1995
|''[[Muscle (TV series)|Muscle]]''
|Dr. Marshall Jones
|13 episodes
|-
|1995–1996
|''[[Mad About You]]''
|Lance Brockwell
|4 episodes
|-
|1996
|''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''
|Howard Sharp
|Episode: "Unnatural Selection"
|-
|1996–2002
|''[[Spin City]]''
|Stewart Bondek
|Main cast; 140 episodes
|-
|1998
|''[[From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)|From the Earth to the Moon]]''
|[[Tom Dolan (engineer)|Tom Dolan]]
|Episode: "Spider"
|-
|1998
|''[[The Ransom of Red Chief#Influence|The Ransom of Red Chief]]''
|Ambrose Dorset
|Television film
|-
|2002
|''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]''
|Mr. Bragin
|Episode: "My Lucky Day"
|-
|2003
|''[[Queens Supreme]]''
|Dr. Katz
|Episode: "That Voodoo That You Do"
|-
|2005
|''[[Stella (American TV series)|Stella]]''
|Richard
|Episode: "Coffee Shop"
|-
|2006
|''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''
|Dr. Fletcher
|Episode: "The Real World"
|-
|2007
|''[[Drive (2007 TV series)|Drive]]''
|John Ashton
|Episode: "Unaired Pilot"
|-
|2007
|''[[Medium (TV series)|Medium]]''
|Albert Bunford 
|Episode: "Second Opinion"
|-
|2007
|''[[The Bronx Is Burning]]''
|Reporter Steve Jacobson
|8 episodes
|-
|2007
|''[[Ghost Whisperer]]''
|Steve Sinclair
|Episode: "Bad Blood"
|-
|2007–2011
|''[[Greek (TV series)|Greek]]''
|Dean Bowman
|6 episodes
|-
|2008
|''[[Eureka (2006 TV series)|Eureka]]''
|Dr. Hood
|Episode: "Best In Faux"
|-
|2008
|''[[Boston Legal]]''
|Wayne Davidson
|Episode: "Kill, Baby, Kill!"
|-
|2008, 2014
|''[[Psych]]''
|Phil Stubbins <br/> Ruben Leonard
|Episodes: "Gus Walks Into a Bank" / <Br/> "Remake A.K.A. Cloudy... With a Chance of Improvement"
|-
|2009
|''[[Ruby & the Rockits]]'' 
|Martin Wexler
|Episode: "We Are Family?"
|-
|2009
|''[[FlashForward]]''
|Tomasi
|Episode: "White to Play"
|-
|2009
|''[[Cougar Town]]''
|Frank Miller
|Episode: "Two Gunslingers"
|-
|2010
|''[[CSI: Miami]]''
|Dr. Allan Beckham
|Episode: "Show Stopper"
|-
|2010
|''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''
|Buddy Mills
|Episode: "Unshockable"
|-
|2010
|''[[Numbers (TV series)|Numbers]]''
|Arnold Winslow
|Episode: "Growin' Up"
|-
|2010
|''[[Persons Unknown (TV series)|Persons Unknown]]''
|Charlie Morse
|13 episodes
|-
|2010
|''[[Rules of Engagement (TV series)|Rules of Engagement]]''
|Dr. Greenblatt
|Episode: "The Four Pillars"
|-
|2010
|''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]''
|Roland Pike
|Episode: "Long in the Tooth"
|-
|2010
|''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]''
|Donald Wexling
|Episode: "Borderline"
|-
|2011
|''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]''
|Dr. Krick
|Episode: "[[Os (Fringe)|Os]]"
|-
|2011
|''[[Five (2011 film)|Five]]''
|Sam Jarente
|Television film
|-
|2012–2013
|''[[Bunheads]]''
|Hubbell Flowers
|3 episodes
|-
|2012
|''[[Ben and Kate]]''
|Principal Geoff Feeney
|Episode: "Bad Cop/Bad Cop"
|-
|2012
|''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]''
|Brian Slater
|Episode: "Ohuna"
|-
|2013
|''[[Hot in Cleveland]]''
|Reverend Lare
|Episode: "Magic Diet Candy"
|-
|2013
|''[[Burn Notice]]''
|Max Lyster
|Episode: "Reckoning"
|-
|2013
|''[[We Are Men]]''
|Minister
|Episode: "Pilot"
|-
|2013
|''[[Zombie Night (2013 film)|Zombie Night]]''
|Joseph
|Television film
|-
|2013
|''[[Masters of Sex]]''
|Psychiatrist
|2 episodes
|-
|2013
|''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''
|Ward Davis
|Episode: "[[Gut Check (NCIS)|Gut Check]]"
|-
|2013
|''[[Super Fun Night]]''
|Spencer Quinn
|Episode: "Merry Super Fun Christmas"
|-
|2014
|''[[Intelligence (American TV series)|Intelligence]]''
|Jonathan Cain
|Episode: "Cain and Gabriel"
|-
|2014
|''[[Instant Mom]]''
|Mr. Shank
|Episode: "Teacher's Pest"
|-
|2015
|''[[Hindsight (TV series)|Hindsight]]''
|Harry Lavigne
|Episode: "...Then I'll Know"
|-
|2015
|''[[The Whispers (TV series)|The Whispers]]''
|Alex Myers
|4 episodes
|-
|2015
|''[[Major Crimes (TV series)|Major Crimes]]''
|Special Agent Jerry Shea
|Episode: "Hostage to Fortune"
|-
|2015
|''[[Sofia the First]]''
|Herb (voice)
|2 episodes
|-
|2016
|''[[The Middle (TV series)|The Middle]]''
|Mr. Kershaw
|Episodes: "Birds of a Feather" and "Film, Friends and Fruit Pies"
|-
|2016
|''[[Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life]]''
|Mark Barrett
|Episode: "How to Survive Your Parents' Visit"
|-
|2016
|''[[The Catch (American TV series)|The Catch]]''
|Gordon Bailey
|Episodes: "The Trial" and "The Happy Couple"
|-
|2016
|''[[The Exorcist (TV series)|The Exorcist]]''
|Henry Rance
|10 episodes
|-
|2016
|''[[The Loud House]]''
|Lord Tetherby, Cop (voices)
|Episode: "Out on a Limo"
|-
|2018–2023
|''[[Succession (TV series)|Succession]]''
|Connor Roy
|Main role
|-
|2018
|''[[My Dinner with Hervé]]''
|Stu Chambers
|Television film 
|-
|2018
|''[[Dirty John (TV series)|Dirty John]]''
|John Dzialo
|Episode: "One Shoe"
|-
|2019
|''[[One Day at a Time (2017 TV series)|One Day at a Time]]''
|Lawrence Schneider
|Episode: "The Man"
|-
|2022
|''[[The Dropout]]''
|Jay Rosan
|2 episodes
|-
|2025
|''[[Elsbeth (TV series)|Elsbeth]]''
|Bill and Peter Hepson
|Episode: "Finance Bros"
|}


== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable unsortable" width="100%"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! class=unsortable | Result
!Ref.
|-
| align="center"| 2022
| [[28th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]]
| rowspan="4" |''[[Succession (TV series)|Succession]]''
| {{Won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|last1=Verhoeven|first1=Beatrice|title=SAG Awards: 'CODA,' 'Squid Game,' 'Succession' Score Major Wins |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sag-awards-2022-winners-moments-1235100513/|website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=12 July 2023|date=28 February 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"| 2024
| [[81st Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|last1=Hipes|first1=Patrick|last2=Andreeva|first2=Nellie|date=December 10, 2023|title=Golden Globe Nominations: 'Barbie', 'Oppenheimer' Top Movie List; 'Succession' Leads Way In TV|url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/critics-choice-tv-nominations-abbott-elementary-better-call-saul-lead-field-full-list-1235190912/|access-date=December 11, 2023|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[75th Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Lewis |first1=Hilary |title=Emmys 2023: List of Nominees |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2023-emmys-nominations-nominees-list-1235533766/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=12 July 2023 |date=12 July 2023}}</ref>
|-
| [[30th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.sagawards.org/media/news/releases/nominations-announced-30th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awardsr|title=Nominations Announced for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®|publisher=[[Screen Actors Guild]] |date=January 10, 2024|access-date=January 10, 2024}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:20th-century American male actors]]
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[[Category:American male film actors]]
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[[Category:Male actors from Cleveland]]
[[Category:University of Illinois College of Fine and Applied Arts alumni]]